$30,000
Awarded April 17, 2010
Duration: 5.5 months
Service Area: National
Program Staff: Lisa Shugarman
Strategy 2.1.3 – Evaluate existing legislation and regulations authorizing and funding comprehensive senior care services and develop concrete proposals to improve such legislation and regulation
The National Senior Citizens Law Center will prepare a report reviewing how the federal and state governments have responded over the past 10 years to the 1999 Olmstead decision with a focus on whether older Americans are realistically able to receive necessary long-term care services in their homes and communities. The report will examine progress toward increasing alternatives to institutionalization, provide examples where public programs still fall short in making home and community-based services available, and offer recommendations for consideration by public officials and advocates.